Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
J Appl Behav Anal. 1976 Fall;9(3):315-22. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1976.9-315.
The effects of prompts and reinforcement to promote paper recycling were compared in six university dormitories. For a Prompt condition, residents were urged to recycle paper for ecological reasons via flyers distributed to each room. For a Raffle contingency, residents were given one raffle ticket for every pound of paper brought to a collection center. For a Contest contingency, two dorms were paired and the dorm whose residents delivered the most paper won $15 for its treasury. Contingency awareness was strengthened via a flyer placed under the door of each resident's room. Flyers alone had little effect in increasing paper-recycling behaviors, but the raffle (substantially) and the contest (somewhat) increased the amount of paper brought to a dorm's recycling center. Students whose rooms were closest to the collection center showed the greatest participation. Removal of the reinforcement contingencies resulted in a return to baseline levels.
在六个大学宿舍中比较了提示和强化对促进纸张回收的影响。在提示条件下，通过分发给每个房间的传单，敦促居民出于生态原因回收纸张。在抽奖应急条件下，居民每磅带到收集中心的纸张可获得一张抽奖券。在竞赛应急条件下，将两个宿舍配对，将最多纸张送到的宿舍为其财务赢得 15 美元。通过放在每个居民房间门下面的传单加强了应急意识。单独的传单对增加纸张回收行为几乎没有影响，但抽奖（大量）和竞赛（有些）增加了带到宿舍回收中心的纸张数量。离收集中心最近的房间的学生参与度最高。取消强化应急措施导致回归基线水平。
